#MeToo Stories To Be Shared Around Slovenia

By , 19 Sep 2018, 14:20 PM Lifestyle
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STA, 18 September 2018 - The Slovenian equivalent of the #metoo campaign, launched in February, will continue with public readings of the stories by 130 victims of sexual harassment and abuse who have come forward so far, said the feminist March 8 Institute, which organises the campaign. The readings will be held all over the country. 

The stories shared by the victims show the attacker can be anyone, a politician, a member of the family, a teacher or a neighbour, the institute's head Nika Kovač said at today's press conference.

A public reading of the stories was already organised in Ljubljana and more will follow outside the capital in the coming months.

The stories will also be thoroughly analysed by four initiators of the campaign and the results will be presented to the public in November.

In October, the March 8 Institute will join forces with related organisations to review the legislation in the field and propose changes.

The institute would also like to offer legal assistance to those who want to report the harassment.

In an effort to encourage women in Slovenia to start talking about sexual harassment, abuse and violence, a special #jaztudi website was set up in February for women to share their stories. Some of the stories shared so far have also come from men. (You can visit the website here.)

The goal of the campaign is to record and analyse sexual abuse and harassment stories of women in Slovenia and put them into the proper context, taking into account the economic and social aspects, and showing that sexual harassment is part of a broader problem of social inequality.

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